Petrol Crisis?

DaveA · 10-02-2021, 08:20 AM

Is there anybody in the Leicester area who can give us an update on what the situation is around there...?

I have a fairly long trip I need to do for work next week, and I am hoping I will be able to get a bump of fuel around there or thereabouts...

MashinBenzin · 10-02-2021, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by DaveA

Is there anybody in the Leicester area who can give us an update on what the situation is around there...?

I have a fairly long trip I need to do for work next week, and I am hoping I will be able to get a bump of fuel around there or thereabouts...

Doesn't Gangzoom live around there? He might have cruised past some petrol stations

gangzoom · 10-02-2021, 11:25 AM

Leicester seems fine, well around ASDA anyways....not really a day to go our driving

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mikeoz · 10-02-2021, 12:08 PM

well after 2 days of calm seems to have gone mad round me this weekend. Shell, Tesco both sold out and Sainsbury in middle of town had massive queue which is now blocking the ring road...

TouringPleb · 10-02-2021, 12:11 PM

Still no fuel in south areas of Peterborough/Hampton.

pickigar · 10-02-2021, 12:32 PM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/58772169

Good old BBC... created second panic wave, same by us near Oxford... was calming down... now mad again..

225 · 10-02-2021, 01:38 PM

Now I'm seeing this is all another plot by the government to get rid of the stale fuel which wasn't used over covid... honestly there needs to be IQ and personality tests every 5 years to see if you are fit to be an adult.

dazzapb · 10-02-2021, 02:49 PM

Not sure if my logic is wrong but surely the majority transfer of fuel from petrol stations to tanks is what is happening.

People will not be consuming more? So there will most likely be a lull in demand. Unless of course the rate of fuel consumption is increasing due to people looking for fuel

isleaiw1 · 10-02-2021, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by dazzapb

Not sure if my logic is wrong but surely the majority transfer of fuel from petrol stations to tanks is what is happening.

People will not be consuming more? So there will most likely be a lull in demand. Unless of course the rate of fuel consumption is increasing due to people looking for fuel

There was a major spike in demand. Supply couldnt keep up. Hence shortages. They breed worry and concern so people then want to fill up regularly just in case. Hence the continuing shortages.

But a spike in supply for a week should get it back to full tanks across the nation, and when there is no sign of shortage, people will stop filling up again....

sahajesh · 10-02-2021, 02:58 PM

Quick, don't mention the impending jerry can shortage as that will allow people to store excess fuel (next to the excess bog roll).

Darwin theory then kicks in, their houses burn and less tw@ts in the world.

Ennoch · 10-02-2021, 03:53 PM

Well I decided to head north regardless as even if fuel ran out I'd rather be stuck north than in the city. Plenty of fuel in the Inverness Tesco, although a couple of momentum pumps were off. Not unusual for that station though. 139ppl too so cheaper than my local Shell. Slightly painful returning to low 20's mpg from the low 40's of the BM though!

Also, WTAF: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-58767230

Kendo67 · 10-02-2021, 04:57 PM

Straight from the internet pages of AOL.

"The increase in demand has led some petrol stations to increase prices, with a Gulf station in south Kensington, charging drivers £2.93 per litre for unleaded to dissuade people from hoarding."

If true it smells of utter BS and just another excuse to bleed the motorists dry , again.

Hope the regulars have a good memory (but they wont) and give this particular station a miss when its all over.

K

KRS_SN · 10-02-2021, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Ennoch

Well I decided to head north regardless as even if fuel ran out I'd rather be stuck north than in the city. Plenty of fuel in the Inverness Tesco, although a couple of momentum pumps were off. Not unusual for that station though. 139ppl too so cheaper than my local Shell. Slightly painful returning to low 20's mpg from the low 40's of the BM though!

Also, WTAF: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-58767230

dopper99 · 10-02-2021, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by JustChris

Same here. Can't understand the fuss. Went to Costco on Friday, zero queues at all pumps.

Same here. Went to Sainsburys at Swindon to fill up the missus car this morning and the petrol station was half empty, no queues. Got straight to a pump and out in 5 mins.

JNW1 · 10-03-2021, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by dopper99

Same here. Went to Sainsburys at Swindon to fill up the missus car this morning and the petrol station was half empty, no queues. Got straight to a pump and out in 5 mins.

Yes, mine was down to a quarter of a tank and have just been to fill-up at my local Esso - could have driven straight to any one of a number of pumps and there was no limit on how much you could put in. It was exactly the same when I filled-up last weekend and, as is usual with that particular station, the only queue was for the adjacent drive through McDonalds!

Having said that, I took my mum across to York for her covid booster this morning and a number of the filling stations over there were closed; therefore, problems certainly do exist but they appear to be quite localised.

mikeoz · 10-03-2021, 09:33 AM

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Still no fuel in south areas of Peterborough/Hampton.

Yeah London and South East seems to worst affected now. Higher population density and higher volume of selfish people.

isleaiw1 · 10-03-2021, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by mikeoz

Yeah London and South East seems to worst affected now. Higher population density and higher volume of selfish people.

Amen to that. I now have about 100 miles left in the Mini (f all in the Audi) but still queues every where so I will wait it out until there isnt for now...

RobUK · 10-03-2021, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by mikeoz

Yeah London and South East seems to worst affected now. Higher population density and higher volume of selfish people.

Yep, Fuel issues persist in south but 'over' elsewhere (according to the BBC).

JustChris · 10-03-2021, 12:45 PM

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MrManor · 10-03-2021, 01:35 PM

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Mr T looks decent still.

SuperHamz · 10-04-2021, 04:28 AM

Travelled up to Manchester this weekend, and topped up on the M6 Toll services as that was the first services that had fuel available and no queues. Got to Manchester and no sign of panic whatsoever, every petrol station was open, no queues and only the Asda station seemed to have a limit.

Is it just the people here in London that are going crazy?

Abzynthe · 10-04-2021, 04:42 AM

Saw this map online.

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mikeoz Major General 2827 Rep 5,613 Posts Drives: BMW X3 M40d LCI Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: cambs iTrader: (1)	well after 2 days of calm seems to have gone mad round me this weekend. Shell, Tesco both sold out and Sainsbury in middle of town had massive queue which is now blocking the ring road...
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pickigar Private 10 Rep 57 Posts Drives: 2017 530d Msport Xdrive Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South iTrader: (0)	https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/58772169 Good old BBC... created second panic wave, same by us near Oxford... was calming down... now mad again..
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225 Brigadier General 2290 Rep 4,962 Posts Drives: 340i Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Uk iTrader: (0)	Now I'm seeing this is all another plot by the government to get rid of the stale fuel which wasn't used over covid... honestly there needs to be IQ and personality tests every 5 years to see if you are fit to be an adult.
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dazzapb Brigadier General 1053 Rep 3,168 Posts Drives: 2019 X3M Comp Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: SW London iTrader: (0)	Not sure if my logic is wrong but surely the majority transfer of fuel from petrol stations to tanks is what is happening. People will not be consuming more? So there will most likely be a lull in demand. Unless of course the rate of fuel consumption is increasing due to people looking for fuel
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sahajesh Brigadier General 2304 Rep 4,471 Posts Drives: 2021 G05 X5 40i Tanzanite Blue Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Sheffield, UK iTrader: (0)	Quick, don't mention the impending jerry can shortage as that will allow people to store excess fuel (next to the excess bog roll). Darwin theory then kicks in, their houses burn and less tw@ts in the world.
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Ennoch Colonel 2389 Rep 2,157 Posts Drives: F31 335D XDrive Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Scotland iTrader: (0)	Well I decided to head north regardless as even if fuel ran out I'd rather be stuck north than in the city. Plenty of fuel in the Inverness Tesco, although a couple of momentum pumps were off. Not unusual for that station though. 139ppl too so cheaper than my local Shell. Slightly painful returning to low 20's mpg from the low 40's of the BM though! Also, WTAF: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-58767230
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Kendo67 Major 1155 Rep 1,157 Posts Drives: Me - 440i , Dog - Cayenne Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Glasgow (ish) iTrader: (0)	Straight from the internet pages of AOL. "The increase in demand has led some petrol stations to increase prices, with a Gulf station in south Kensington, charging drivers £2.93 per litre for unleaded to dissuade people from hoarding." If true it smells of utter BS and just another excuse to bleed the motorists dry , again. Hope the regulars have a good memory (but they wont) and give this particular station a miss when its all over. K
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